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Two women died in a rollover crash in southern Carlton County Tuesday. According to the Minnesota State Patrol incident report, Angela Marie Severson, 35, of Pierre, South Dakota was driving a Chevy Blazer northbound on Highway 23 near County Road 8 at approximately 6:17 p.m. Tuesday when the vehicle left the roadway, rolled and hit a tree. Both Severson and her passenger, Jennifer Lynn Bokusky, 36, of Apple Valley, died in the crash. Neither was wearing a seatbelt and the airbags in the vehicle did not deploy. It is unknown if alcohol was a...
Effective Monday, March 29, the Carlton County coordinator’s office and human resources office will relocate from the Carlton County Courthouse to the old Cloquet City Hall building in Cloquet at 1307 Cloquet Ave. All business related to these offices will be conducted at the new location. Contact coordinator Dennis Genereau at 218-499-1573 with any questions....
Voting in the semifinal ended in the Great Minnesota Burger Bracket — sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio’s Warming House program — and the battle between Gordy’s Hi-Hat and the Rusty Nail in Battle Lake is over. The Rusty Nail will advance and the rest of us will just enjoy our favorite burger from Gordy's HiHat. To find out more, visit mprnews.org/thewarminghouse....
Local health care organizations are partnering with Aunt Bertha, an established network of nonprofits and social care providers, to provide a free online platform that allows anyone to easily find and connect with local free and reduced-cost programs. The program name is “Resourceful” and its goal is to make it easy for people facing social needs to find and make referrals to appropriate programs and services for food, shelter, health care, work, financial assistance and more. Visit weareresourceful.org for more onformation and to learn how...
Following the federal tax deadline extension, the Minnesota Department of Revenue has announced a grace period for taxpayers filing their annual Minnesota Individual Income Tax return for tax year 2020. Those taxpayers now have until May 17, 2021, to file and make their payments without any penalty or interest. “This grace period for the individual tax filing and payment deadline provides timely relief to Minnesota families,” said Gov. Tim Walz. “As we work to get through the Covid-19 pandemic together, my administration will do every...
Carlton County has been awarded $10,167 in state set-aside funding through the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. These funds are specifically designated for area food shelves and nonprofits serving Carlton County to help with food, shelter or utility needs. A Local Board of representatives from the Carlton County Board of Commissioners, United Way, Catholic Church and local ministerium, Fond du Lac Reservation, Salvation Army, Tri-Community Food Shelf, and Carlton County Public Health and Human Services will determine how the...
The Cloquet Housing & Redevelopment Authority will open the Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting list on Thursday, April 1. The application forms will be available in the front entryway at Aspen Arms, at the CHRA office located inside the building at 950 14th Street in Cloquet, or online at www.cloquetcarltonhra.org. Completed applications must be returned to the Cloquet HRA office and will be entered onto the waiting list in the order in which they are received. Additional preference points are given for residents of Carlton County,...
The signs of spring abound: the sun is shining longer; the snow is melting; people are out and about; summer is on its way. Another sure sign of spring is a winter’s worth of debris, litter, and road sand revealing itself as the snow recedes. Spring cleaning can’t be too far away. We encourage those of us who spend time in the city parks and public spaces to do their part to tidy up and get ready for warmer weather. In Cloquet, city crews will start cleaning the parks and sweeping the roads, as early as next week, maybe, according to eng...
Our country is going through a trial that may redefine who we are as a nation. I feel our democracy is struggling by the hands of those who want to change our Constitutional freedoms founded and guided under God. World War II and Hitler’s Nazi antisemitism allowed many to turn their heads when certain groups were targeted, faith banned, employment denied, books burned, and the list goes on and on. Martin Niemoller, a German theologian and Lutheran pastor, reminds us of how quickly we can have these removed from those in power. His poem: “First...
Lake Country Power members in District 9 will be selecting a new board member during the virtual annual meeting in April. The selection will be made from among three candidates seeking the position, including Larry Anderson from Esko. I have known Larry throughout his adult life, beginning in high school. He has consistently demonstrated good judgment, good work ethics and good character. Larry is honest, forthright and forthcoming, all desirable qualities for individuals serving as board members. After all, they represent the distribution of...
Over our many decades of service Rotary International has supported global public health initiatives, the most significant being the more than 35 years of effort to eradicate polio. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we’ve reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. We have seen through the polio initiative and other public health efforts the success of vaccines to prevent and elimin...
Donald Daniel Haro of Cloquet passed away peacefully in his sleep at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth Thursday, March 18, 2021, at the age of 84. He was born in Gackle, North Dakota June 13, 1936, to Amos and Julia Haro and was raised in Carlton County. Don attended Kalevala grade school in Kettle River and graduated from Barnum High School in 1954. He married Norma Maki on Feb. 15, 1957, whom he met in grade school. Don served in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 to 1959. Don and Norma lived in...
Jeanne Evelyn Peter, 91 of Cloquet, passed away at Inter-Faith Care Center in Carlton on Sunday, March 21, 2021. She was born Feb. 27, 1930, in Minneapolis. Her parents later moved back to the family farm in Milaca, where she spent most of her childhood. Jeanne attended Gustavus Adolphus College, graduating in 1951. She taught business education in McGregor for several years before moving to Michigan to teach at Suomi College in Hancock. There she met Irvin Peter. They were married in 1957 and c...
Estelle "Jonni" Anderson died peacefully on Sunday, March 21, 2021, with family by her side. She lived with dementia for many years and, after quite a fight, succumbed to the final stages. Jonni was born July 4, 1937, to Claudia Panger and Irving "Squint" Johnson. She married the love of her life, Bill Anderson, on Oct. 6, 1956. They had five children together. They divorced and after several years of a marital hiatus, remarried Jan. 12, 1991. Jonni worked continually while raising her...
Scott "MIZE" Meisner of Scanlon bought his last round on March 18, 2021. He was born April 27, 1960, in Duluth, the favorite son of Frank and Patricia (Polvi) Meisner. Scott graduated from Cloquet High School and worked at Potlatch and Sappi forever. He was a member of the Potlatch Quarter Century Club, Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 1163, and had retired from the Scanlon Volunteer Fire Department. Scott was an avid Vikings fan and enjoyed hunting, ice fishing, motorcycling, and especially...
This year's annual Frozen Forester races at Pine Valley raised more than $2,000 to help with trail expansion and maintenance costs for the new bike trails at Cloquet's popular woodland park. Held on March 13, the unique race offered participants a choice between a 5.5K run/walk/snowshoe - as a family-friendly trails option - or a much more challenging off-trail run. They could also do a 15K fat tire bike ride on groomed trails, or go for both a bike and a run of their choice. Race turnout has...
"Arya The Protector," a children's picture book by Cloquet author Burton Laine, won a first-place children's book award in the 2020 Christian Author Awards. In the book, the sheep on a farm have no reason for fear, because Arya, a shepherd dog, is a protector that is always there to watch over them and protect them, a reminder that God keeps us safe. The book is illustrated with 24 photographs from the farm, of the shepherd dog interacting with the farm family and the sheep. The photography is...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture and partner organizations are planning to tackle gypsy moth infestations this spring at 13 sites across the eastern part of the state, including a large area around Esko. Gypsy moths are ranked among America's most destructive tree pests. The insect has caused millions of dollars in damage to forests as it has spread from New England to Wisconsin in recent decades. Gypsy moth caterpillars can defoliate large sections of forest. The pests are common in...
Rich Winkler had a question for the Carlton County Historical Society about a possible ghost town along the original Lake Superior & Mississippi Rail Road line that ran along the St. Louis River in the county. But blank stares is what he gets since there is little to go on concerning what might have been the existence of a place called Milford. We sent Winkler a clipping we found from a January 1871 issue of the Superior Times related to the region's first rail line, up and running by 1870....
For its 20th anniversary, One Book Northland committee has selected "The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead as the 2021 One Book Northland title. The committee selection was influenced by the cancellation of the 2020 events for that year's selected title, "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson, due to the pandemic. The topic of racial injustice presented in this nonfiction work still needs to be made available for community discussion, and so a coordinating fiction work was carefully researched and...
A Cloquet man was charged this week with criminal vehicular homicide this week for causing a head-on crash in September that killed another driver. Tony Northrup, 54, was charged Monday, March 15 in Duluth Sixth District Court in connection with the death of Melissa Kalinoski, 42, of Cromwell. According to the Minnesota State Patrol report, Kalinoski was driving west on Highway 2 east of Brookston when Northrup crossed the centerline and hit her head on while traveling eastbound on Highway 2. Kalinoski died at the scene and Northrup suffered...
A Two Harbors man pleaded guilty Monday to five counts of criminal vehicular operation-great bodily harm, admitting he was under the influence of alcohol when he hit a car occupied by a family of four on Midway Road last summer. It was the second time that Rodney Drake Scandin Jr., 36, pleaded guilty after the previous plea agreement was revoked by the prosecution. According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, a car occupied by four family members was stopped on Midway road facing north on June 26, 2020, waiting to turn west onto Stark R...
The hallways at Cloquet High School, above, were bustling Tuesday as students returned to more in-person classes for the first time since November - when Covid-19 rates were peaking in Carlton County - following other area secondary schools that have already returned to school. CHS principal Steve Battaglia said about 72 percent of students are back on campus. Students can choose distance learning and currently Cloquet has more than 200 high school students learning online. That includes a...
It was a clear victory for Gordy’s Hi-Hat in the quarterfinal round of the Great Minnesota Burger Bracket sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio’s Warming House program. Gordy’s had 446 votes to 257 over Matt’s in Minneapolis, while the Rusty Nail in Battle Lake won over the Royal Bar in Park Rapids. The Rusty Nail and Gordy’s Hi-Hat will face off in the burger bracket the week of March 21, the same week that the Hi-Hat opens for the season on March 24. To vote, visit mprnews.or...
Covid-19 vaccines are now available for the following essential frontline workers at Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet. That group includes airport staff, child care workers not previously eligible, and first responders, and individuals working in agriculture, correctional settings, food production, retail and service, the judicial system, manufacturing, public health, public transit and the postal service. You do not need to be a CMH patient to receive the vaccine. To schedule an appointment, fill out the form on the Community Memorial...
